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This week, the movie industry took a look in the mirror and wondered: What's wrong? Am I not pretty?

Business over the Fourth of July weekend stumbled nearly 50 percent downward from last year's holiday. Many factors contributed to this. July 4 fell on a Friday, and in Chicago and elsewhere, lovely, beach-friendly weather discouraged potential patrons from taking in a movie when they could go outside instead.

World Cup fever didn't help. The year 2014 will likely be remembered decades from now as the year America finally got into soccer en masse. Throw in the ever-present competition from other mediums — short- and long-form television, gaming, video-on-demand...

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This week, the movie industry took a look in the mirror and wondered: What's wrong? Am I not pretty?
Business over the Fourth of July weekend stumbled nearly 50 percent downward from last year's holiday. Many factors contributed to this. July 4 fell on a...